Divison Domination
Jerry Rice's Career Stats from 1985 to 2002 (18 NFL seasons)
NFC West / NFC Central / NFC East / AFC West / AFC Central / AFC East
| Division | Receptions | Yards | Touchdowns | Rec/Game | Yards/Game | TDs/Game |
| NFC West | 550 | 8149 | 62 | 5.4 | 80.6 | 0.6 |
| NFC Central | 222 | 3404 | 37 | 5.4 | 83.0 | 0.9 |
| NFC East | 212 | 3362 | 28 | 5.2 | 82.0 | 0.7 |
| AFC West | 193 | 2834 | 27 | 5.5 | 81.0 | 0.8 |
| AFC Central | 146 | 1792 | 17 | 6.3 | 78.0 | 0.7 |
| AFC East | 125 | 1981 | 21 | 4.6 | 73.4 | 0.8 |
*These numbers do not add up to Jerry Rice's current stats, as they are off by 5 receptions and 31 receiving yards. But the discrepancy is so minute that the effect is negligible.
Why show Rice's stats against each division?
I remember reading a few years ago some off the wall statements made by Jerry Rice's critics. They claimed that Jerry Rice's stats were inflated because he "always plays against weak NFC West competition." I knew this was a ludicrous statement. I recorded Rice's game stats from David Lowe's Jerry Rice WWW pages and added up the numbers. I believe I have proven such an outragous claim wrong.
I have included Rice's 2002 statistics. However, because of the realignment, I have chosen to categorize teams he played in 2002 according to their respective division from 1985 to 2001. For instance, Rice played the Pittsburgh Steelers this season, who are now in the AFC South. Since they have always played in the AFC Central until last season, I still included them in the AFC Central statistics this season for the sake of avoiding confusion.
As you can tell, Rice dominates every division he has faced. Nothing can stop his greatness.